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A ‘Club’ No Black Woman Wants to Join: Confronting the Aftermath of Black Death

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 Rhon Manigault-Bryant #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, police violence

I have found myself having to write, yet again, in the midst of racial, political, and social tumult. Recent events

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“Most needed blessings”: The “all lives matter” debate in 1837

July 17, 2016July 13, 2016 Patrick Rael black lives matter, Henry Highland Garnet

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new?  African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

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Reflections of a Black Presidency

July 16, 2016July 15, 2016 Janell Hobson Barack Obama, black lives matter, police brutality

And although it seems heaven sent We ain’t ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain’t a secret don’t

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What to the Black Academic is the 4th of July?

July 15, 2016July 14, 2016 Greg Childs Frederick Douglass, police brutality, police violence

July 4 is not normally a day that we associate with black history. The “we” here refers both to the

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“Americans Have Carried American Hatred”: Black Intellectuals, Imperialism and Policing

July 14, 2016July 13, 2016 Brandon Byrd Haiti, imperialism, policing

“Don’t you see no connection between atom-bomb-dropping in Japan and shin-kicking in Virginia?” asked Simple. “No direct connection,” I said.

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